Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22765, John Fegan, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Legan, John
S. 22765
CONTENTS

J. V. Kurnick June 16/60
18.22 Pennsylvania
John Hogan
of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Irvin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Butler in the V. Arm for 22 mo 3 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 73 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of August 1833 and sent to
James H. Graham Carlisle
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $147.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 36.83
$184.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 5 Page 19

State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County } P
On this thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable John Rees President and Isaac Graham, & William Line Esquires, Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County now sitting, John Fegan a resident of the Borough of Carlisle in the County of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated -
I entered the service of the United States in the beginning of the month of August A.D. 1776 in Amboy in New Jersey, having enlisted for the term of five years or during the war in the Company commanded by Captain Irwin, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Butler and Major Sprout, being a resident of Newtown Township, Chester County and State of Pennsylvania, at the time I entered the service there was a call on the Militia of Chester County and I in company with David Williams and Abraham Reiter, who was a nephew of General Braine, went to Amboy in New Jersey, where Genl. Braine was at that time, and enlisted in the Company and Regiment above mentioned, we were all young men, near the same age, I being at that time between eighteen and nineteen years of age.
Soon after we enlisted, I in company with Williams & Reiter were sent with a Sergeant named Morris, who had been wounded, and was unfit for active service, by the direction of General Braine, to Philadelphia for the purpose of recruiting, being all young and Reiter was an excellent drummer. It was considered by Genl. Braine we would be of the most service to the Army in that way - We remained in Philadelphia, recruiting and sending on our recruits to the Army until the latter part of the month of August A.D. 1777 - We were then, with about twenty men, with about twenty recruits, required to join Washington's Army which was shortly before the Battle of Brandywine - We marched from Philadelphia to the White Horse Tavern in Chester County Penn a and from thence to Brandywine, I was in the engagement at Brandywine - The British approached us with the Hessians in front, who they appeared to use on at the point of the bayonet. The Battle was continued until night, and Genl. Washington protracted the retreat as long as practicable, expecting the arrival of Genl. Braine's regiment which had not been present in the active part of the engagement. The British were much superior to us in numbers and, and we were finally compelled to retreat.

from the scene of action. I was wounded in the Battle in both legs by a musket ball, but was able to effect my escape when our army retreated from the grounds. The next day I was placed in a Hospital tent at Paoli, near a Tavern of that name in Chester County Penn a , with others of the wounded. We remained there for some days and a day or two before the massacre at Paoli Gen l Wayne's regiment arrived and encamped at Paoli where we were placed. About nine or ten days after the Battle of Brandywine (which was on the 11 th Sept r . A.D. 1777) in the dead of night, we were attacked in our encampment and a great number massacred. I was lying in my tent when the British entered it and received a stroke with the butt end of a musket in my jaw that lacerated my cheeks, broke my jaw, and knocked out all my teeth. The night was extremely dark and I crawled out of the tent, by some means, into the woods, where I was found the next morning by a British Officer, in company with Jacob James and Jacob Wagstaff, two young men who had learned the wagon making trade on Gen l Wayne's Plantation in Chester County Penn a within a short distance of my residence before I enlisted, and who, in concert with Peter Skathun, who at that time kept the Warren Tavern, which was but a short distance from our encampment, it was generally believed had acted as pilots to lead the British to the ground of our encampment. I was very intimately acquainted with James and Wagstaff and was taken by them and the Officer with them to the Valley Forge, where part of the English forces then were, and in a few days was conveyed in a wagon with others of the wounded, as a prisoner to Phil a , when the English first entered that City which was near the last of September. I was confined by the wounds I had received for some months but was regularly attended by their Physicians and tolerably well used, after I had recovered in some degree, I was detained a prisoner in Philadelphia until the 18 th June A.D. 1778 the day on which the English vacated that City. On that morning I effected my escape, and on that day reached Colonel Morgan's regiment of Riflemen which was stationed on the Old Lancaster Road fifteen miles from Philadelphia. Being unfit for service at that time on account of the disability occasioned by the wounds I had received, and upon the certificate of Lieut. Abijah Stevens, that I was unable to serve by reason of my wounds, my uncle W m Hegan who was a captain in the Army, procured my discharge. & I returned to my former residence in Chester County Penn a . - I do not now remember who signed the discharge I obtained. My chest, containing my clothing and all my papers, was destroyed by fire, in Philadelphia some time after the conclusion of peace, by the

Burning of the house in which I boarded, in that City, where I lived for some time prior to the year A.D. 1800 - I cannot now state the day of the month on which I entered the service, but it was in August, and I believe in the beginning of that month but I am confident it was not later than the 10 th - 1776 and I served as a soldier until the 20 th September A.D. 1777, when I was taken prisoner and detained as such until the 13 th June A.D. 1778 after which I was discharged for the season before enlistment - I am not now personally known to any clergyman, whose certificate I could procure; Parson Campbell, formerly of Carlisle Cumberland County, being now dead, to whom I was known - I removed to Cumberland County in the year 1800, where I have lived ever since - I have now no documentary evidence of my services in my possession, and I know of no person, now living whose testimony I could procure, who could testify to my services - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State, except that of the agency of the State of Pennsylvania.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before M c HARREK Clk. of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County
John Hegan
We Gen l James Lamberton and Andrew Boden Esquire residing in the Borough of Carlisle, County of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hegan, who has subscribed and sworn to the above and foregoing declaration (being personally acquainted with him for the last twenty seven years past) that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before M c HARREK Clk. of the Court of C. Pleas of Cumberland County
James Lamberton Andrew Boden

And as the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as so stated. And the Court further certifies, that Genl. James Lamberton and Andrew Boden Esquire, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the Borough of Carlisle, County of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, and are credible persons, and that their statements is entitled to credit
John Reed Pres. Isaiah Graham -
I John Harper Esq., Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hegan for a Pension, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30 th day of April 1833 at C.P. of Cumberland County
State of Pennsylvania } Cumberland County }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid, John Hegan, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grade: For one year, one month and five days I served as a private; when I was taken prisoner and detained a prisoner in Philadelphia for eight months & twenty eight days, to wit, from the 20 th Sept r 1777 to 18 June 1778, making in all one year, ten months & three days including the time I was a prisoner; and for such service I claim a pension - and further that he has used due diligence to procure all the evidence of his services in his power, and that the testimony now offered in support thereof is the only evidence now in his power to procure, or of which he has any knowledge
Sworn & subscribed the 17 th July 1833 - John Hegan Before me Andrew Boden
State of Pennsylvania } Cumberland County }
I John Harper Clerk of the court of common pleas of said county do certify that Andrew Boden before whom the above affidavit parts to have been made, is a magistrate as above stated, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name at Carlisle, the 17 th day of July 1833. J. HARPER Clerk of the court of common pleas of C.C.

No 24. 809
John Fegan Cumberland Co Pennsylvania
Adn e
22 mess 385
73. 77 73
James H. Graham Carlisle Cumberland Co. Penn.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Pennsylvania
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Teagan Cumberland Co.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct 1814 to July 1816 Private Capt Irwin 76 years Traditional Evidence   until Oct 1816 term of service Col Butler 78 years   Sept 1817 indefinite Major Sprout 80 years   June 1818 Col Morgan 81 years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 3 2
His name is not on the roll, John Grotton of service of the Pennsylvania line see note f

Resolution
22765 INVALID.
ann
File No. 22,765
John Hegan Pris Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89.
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Respectfully referred to the Hon Secretary of War. Treasury Department. 18 May 1829.
Pension

Carlisle Cumberland County 15th May 1829 Hon. Samuel F. Ingham Sec. Treasury U. S.
Dear Sir,
I send Inclosed an Application for a pension for an old soldier of the Revolution which I hope you will have the goodness to have laid before the proper Department. I have knew the Applicant for a number of years to be a man of truth whose statement may be relied on and to my knowledge his statement of his circumstances are true.
I have been informed by Mr Wm Harrison our Representative in Congress from this District that a Law Passed lately allowing to those who enlisted for five years or during the War, to draw pay back from 1826 and that that a new form in accordance with said law is necessary. If on examining the Application you think the applicant would be included by the provisions of the late Act I would esteem it a particular favour if you would forward to me a blank form to this place and hold this application back until we can forward another agreeable to the provisions of the same. if this one will not meet the provisions of the law it
If the Applicant is placed on the Pension List please to have a certificate forwarded to this place directed to me or to James N Graham (my son) who is living in this town. If it is not convenient for you to attend to the business I expect Mr John McGehee formerly of this place and now a Clerk in your office would. And to him I refer you for information respecting my character and standing in society. I hope you will excuse the liberty I have taken as it originated from a sincere desire to get one of our Revolutions heroes made comfortable in the decline of life. Accept the assurance of my esteem and respect for you Isaiah Graham

4 Fug.
Hon. Samuel D. Ingham Secretary of the Treasury of the U. S. Washington City

Pension Office 20 Jan. 1880. For the Pension Office
The Hon J. H. Caton Esq.
Secretary of War
Washington

Dear Sir,
I cannot add to the enclosed I hope it will be so satisfactory as to grant the prayer of the applicants
Your action will be appreciated
Yours truly A. H. Layard
Ad. N 1 st Jan y 1880.

C. P. Stearns recd June 16/60
See letter 16 Jan'y 1832 to May 2 H. Hook

50.00 John Hegan, Act 18 March 1818
Pennsylvania
Suspended for letter of Graham Carlisle 29 May 1829 and to Hon. M. Ramsey 14 Jan. 1830.
Henry of War.
Treasury Department
19th May, 1829 Pensions Office

Treasury Department
Pension office
19th May, 1829
Secy of War.
14 Jan. 1829 and to Hon. M. Conway Secy of War 29 May 1829 Dr. C. C. Graham Burlington
Pennsylvania
John Levan Act 18 March 1818
50.00

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A.C.P.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier John Legan
Service _____
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No inv. wid. or rej. as above except. Surv. file 22765

Carlisle Pa. May 18 th 1860
Sir
Some time about the first of September last, Enoch T. Fagen made application for a revolutionary pension on account of his fathers services, John Fagen who was a revolutionary pensioner.
The application was forwarded to J. B. Stone Attorney at Law Washington D.C. who acknowledged its receipt and informed us that the papers had been filed in the department.
We have been unable to learn what disposition has been made of the application although Mr. Stone has been written to twice, respecting it, and at Mr. Fagen's request I drop you a line to inquire what was done with his application? Please advise at your earliest convenience, directing your letter to -
Yours Respectfully C. P. Hennrich
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

State of Pennsylvania) Cumberland County ss
On this Thirteenth day of May A.D. 1829 personally appeared in Open Court (Being a Court of record for the County of Cumberland) John Hegan resident in said County aged seventy four years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the pension made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the first of May 1820; That he the said John Hegan enlisted for the term of five years or during the war in the month of August A.D. 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania, in the Company commanded by Captain Irvine, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental establishment; That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the battle of Brandywine where he was taken prisoner in May 1778 and remained a prisoner in Philadelphia until the disbandment of it by the British Army when he effected his escape and afterwards, on account of wounds he had received which rendered him unable to serve longer, he was discharged from the service in Chester County in the State of Pennsylvania; That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any State except Pennsylvania, and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension. That heretofore he has been able to support himself by his own labour and industry, and that the infirmities of age have of late rendered him unable to support himself without the assistance of his Country.
And in pursuance of the act of the first May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That since the 18 th of March 1818 no changes have been

made in my property —
Schedule of my real and personal property to which declarant is in any manner entitled
Declarant has no property either real personal or mixed. he is a day labourer. but on account of the infirmities of age and a severe rheumatic affection, is now altogether unable to support himself by his own manual labour, and unless he obtains the assistance of his country, will become totally dependant on the charity of others. Declarant has no family, and lives with whosoever employs him —
John Fegan
Sworn to and declared on the thirteenth day of May A.D. 1829 in open Court before
John Reed President Wm. Graham
I Willis Trull, Clerk of the Court of common Pleas of Cumberland County do hereby certify That it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said John Fegan did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the sche- dule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. that the and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that declarant is possessed of no property as exhi- bited in the aforesaid schedule —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1829
W. Forster Clerk of the Court of common Pleas of Cumberland State of Penn a

RECEIVED DEC 20
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Hon. William Ramsey Member of Congress Washington City

Carlisle 28 Dec. At 1829
Dr Sir,
I send you enclosed a certified copy of the oath of Joshua Craig. The original of which is on record in this County. it is the only evidence of the services of John Fagan which can now be procured. The witness is now dead and you can explain the manner in which it came to be placed on record in 1828 - His declaration which was sent to Washington last spring, is placed with suspended cases, on the files of the Pension Office, as I have been informed
If you would lay the inclosed deposition before the officers of that Department and use your endeavors to have the old man placed on the pension List. I would consider it a favour, and you would do a kindness to a needy and decrepit old soldier. Of his services in the Revolutionary war there can be no doubt, and he is now labouring under the effects of wounds which he then received the evidence of which he will carry to his grave - As long as his strength enabled him, he was an industrious old man, and supported himself decently - but the infirmities of old age are now pressing on him, and he will soon be, as he is in fact at present altogether dependent on the kindness of the humane and charitable, unless some aid can be procured from the Government in fighting for the liberty of which, his better days were spent -
I am well acquainted with the applicant and you may rely on the correctness of this statement. If he succeeds in his application be so good as to forward the evidence of his admission to me. if not, let me know as soon as convenient and if any thing further could be done in order to succeed
Most Respectfully
Your obedt. Servt.
M. Graham

State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County ss
Personally appeared in Open Court Joshua Craig a creditable witness, and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he knew John Hagan the applicant for a pension in the foregoing declaration in the time of the Revolutionary War and that he knew him to be enlisted as a soldier - that he recollects to see him in Philadelphia in the time of the American Revolution on guard as a soldier, and again Deponent saw the said John Hagan, at Brandewine, when deponent was helping to bury the Dead the day after the Battle and again at the Battle of Germantown when he was lame of a wound he had received at the Battle of Brandewine.
Deponent knew John Hagan to be one year and more, an United States soldier in the continental establishment and that John Hagan the now applicant is the same John Hagan he seen serve as a soldier in the continental War
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court 25 th July 1821 before
Barnet Coughlinbaugh Proth ry .
His Joshua X Craig Mark
State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County ss.
I, Willis Foulk, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do by these presents Certify, That the above is a true Copy of the original affidavit of Joshua Craig as above stated which affidavit was filed among the records of said Court on the 25 th day of July A.D. 1821 and which remains in said office of record.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Carlisle the twenty fifth Day of December. Eighteen Hundred and twenty nine.
W. Foulk Prothonotary